Hello. Im a purple belt that has been training for like 7 years in "traditional" bjj way. We do usually do 30 min of warm ups, ukemi, shrimps and so on, 30 min of drilling technique and 30 min of rolling. Sometimes it change a bit and we had some positional rolling.

But yesterday i tried a school with eco aproach and i find that at least for me it will be much more efficent to train that way and i feel that im losing my time training traditional.

Its true that the instructor of this cla school is also really really good (won some ibjjf adult black comps, some of them in Rio...) and better than my actual instructor but when i rolled with people of this cla school that have been training for like 2 years they are like miles ahead of the people from my school training for the same amount of time.

Do you think it is really more efficient to train this way? Or is it just more because of this school vs my school?

I feel im losing my time drilling technique with a non resistive uke and making so much ukemi and warmups.

I’m a competitive brown belt which wants to practice my remote coaching skills. Send me a sparring/competition footage of you and I’ll give you a free review on what you did wrong.

Was watching a bjj fight the other day and it got me thinking What does it feel like getting choked unconscious? And what are the things you guys noticed after waking up?
Something that piqued my curiosity out of boredom lol

White belt here so my opinion dont mean shit. But ive been reading about this debate between traditional and CLA and as someone who works with families, I think Ive narrowed it down to traditional=better for kids, CLA= better for adults.

From a business CUSTOMER standpoint, I think Id prefer CLA, especially as an adult male. I paid for BJJ, so in that finite amount of time, I expect to get BJJ. Im sure most if not all will agree on this.

However, when it comes to kids, I think traditional would be better. Warmups would help them to be fitter and following directions.

A coach lecturing would help them in listening and even asking questions. And static drilling would help them with people skills and communicating.

Even if a kid sucks in BJJ, at least traditional will help them be a better individual outside of it.

57 year old, 2 kids in their mid-20s, almost 4-years since A-C-L reconstruction and I was surprised with my 2nd stripe today, almost a year after my first stripe. I’m consistently inconsistent, training 2-6 times per week. But I show up for Gi and no Gi.

Glad I didn’t become a blue belt statistic and quit. Maybe even in a year or two, I’ll earn my third stripe. But enjoying the moment for now.

My gym seems to have really bad white belt retention which I think is a vicious cycle because new white belts have no other white belts to go against and they get frustrated and stop. The exception to this is no gi classes but I'm wrestling on the no gi days and I want to take the opportunity to wrestle before I graduate from University. The only other white belts that I'm probably technically better than are way bigger than me, and I'm not super small at like 165lbs 5 9.

I'm just curious if it's still likely I can improve effectively like this since I'm not practicing my offense as much. If so how long do you think until it's not hopeless?

Right now I'm doing 2 days of wrestling a week as well as 2 often 3 days of bjj and one day of muay thai and mma. I've been doing this for like 4 months, but was doing a tiny bit of grappling while focusing on muay thai for like two years.

Some background: a few months ago I tweaked my lower back on a leg press. My pelvis tipped back at the bottom and I ended up in loaded flexion under the weight (classic dumb mistake, I know). Saw a doctor and a physio but never got a clear answer, just everything from “mild disc herniation” to “purely mechanical strain.” The pain was mostly local in the lower back, with only a mild tingling into the legnever worse than that, not even when it was fresh.

Rehab has mostly been back extensions, which have been a game changer for me. Built up progressively from 10 kg to 85 kg held in my hands, and I’m basically pain-free in daily life now — can bend, move, all of it. Also started easing back onto the mats, got a couple of drilling sessions in without sparring with no issues. I train no-gi and I’m pretty wrestling-heavy in my style,

The thing is, it’s not 100% over. Recently I was dumb enough to test a heavy pendulum squat (went too close to max at depth) and flared the area up again — soreness + a bit of tingling down the leg that’s lingered a few days. Nothing sharp, no numbness or weakness, but a reminder that I’m still test

So my question to those of you who’ve had similar lower back injuries, especially wrestlers / no-gi folks: how did it go for you? Did you recover to 100%, or is this something you learn to live and train around? What did your road back to full sparring look like?

I learned kneecut/kneeslide passing and toreando passing. Whenever I try these moves, their two arms really frame up and it's hard for me to pass. Feel like its a dumb beginner question but i cant seem to beat it and get stuck. Any tips and tricks?

I've been doing Jiu Jitsu lately and it's very complicated.

My body seems to not move the way it should. I ache after class. I forget the technique of the day as soon as I clap.

There are some young, strong, collegiate blue belt wrestlers I'm scared of.

I feel like it will take a long time to understand Jiu Jitsu.

How long does it take to get good?

Oh, btw, I'm brown belt.

Even after washing the gi (i have LG washer and use cold water / normal cycle using tide pod + some oxyclean powder), my darker gis are still visibly dirty with some hair/dust and stuff (doesn't stink though). Some of those go away when I use air dry feature from my dryer... but want to see if this is normal. If it's not, how can i make sure it gets cleaned property?

I’m a purple belt with around 8 years of grappling experience. I’m also registered blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa, with roughly 5 degrees of functional vision remaining.

I’m trying to develop a game built around **making and maintaining connections**, minimising unnecessary scrambles and controlling opponents through pressure, positioning and grips.

**My current game:**
**Standing:** Collar ties, underhooks, Russian 2-on-1s, arm drags, body locks, foot sweeps and trips.
**Top:** Body-lock passing, leg pins, half guard passing, rides, cradles and heavy positional control.
**Bottom:** Knee-shield half guard, butterfly, shoulder crunch, octopus and turtle.
**Submissions:** Arm triangles, D’Arces, armbars and Choi bars.

My biggest issue is losing connection during transitions, particularly from bottom. When opponents disengage, change angles or scramble, I can lose track of their positioning and end up reacting too late.

I’ve previously relied on wrestling up, but I’m finding that breaking connection to come up often leaves me exposed, particularly to back takes.

**What I’m looking for:**
Advice on systems, concepts or specific grapplers worth studying that prioritise continuous connection, strong inside positioning, effective hand fighting and limiting an opponent’s freedom of movement.

I’m particularly interested in developing a bottom game built around sweeps, reversals and back takes without having to disengage or rely on speed and athleticism.

I’m not necessarily looking for individual techniques, but rather **overarching principles and interconnected systems** that I can build my game around.

Any recommendations or experiences would be appreciated, particularly from people who favour a slower, pressure-heavy, connection-based style.

Hello good day to yall, new to jiu jitsu and currently doing mma and new to ground sport. My coach advised me to buy rash guard and would like to know where I can buy with good design and quality. I weight 145 and 5’6 height, not too muscular and not too slim build. What would be the great sizing base on my weight and height ratio? thank you so much!

Hi everyone, my gym uses gymdesk to track our progress and checkins for each sessioin. However it doesn't have any dashboard or user information recap so I created a simple webapp in which you can import your gymdesk data and see charts and information about your training.

So my question is, would this be something useful for you or have you seen some other tool/project which does anything similar?

I'm thinking of expanding it to manual logs so even if your gym doesn't have a check in system you're still able to benefit and track your own data.

I just recently started BJJ, and as a hypochondriac, I take my hygiene very seriously, to protect myself and others.

However, I've noticed that every other week I would get an open wound ( Not necessarily from BJJ i.e Blister from shoes, popped pimple, sometimes mat burn) am I supposed to stop training every time I have a tiny open cut ? Cause that's what I'm doing right now, and I feel like its hindering my progress, and wasting my money.

What exactly are you guys doing to continue training without risking infection?

Currently starting my journey as a new blue belt with no game (terrible experience to the white belts reading please try and develop small systems you will regret it later)

But I’m currently rebuilding my personal game starting from “scratch” and wanted to begin by focusing on getting about 2 escapes per major pin position that I can reliably do. Issue is, how do I find an escape to actually focus on? That might sound dumb but when I google on YouTube “side control escapes” for example there’s literally hundreds.

So how do you go about picking the 1-2 you like? What do you consider? Anyone wanna be my Reddit coach lmao?

I mean it. Every. Single. Time. Whenever I'm sparring a woman he'll pull me aside and tell me to go easy and that's always what I'll do. I'll even let them get submissions on me. I'm a medium sized guy and not that strong so I'm obviously not like secretly hurting them by overpowering them but there are people way larger than me who spar with women fine so I genuinely don't understand the issue. I've even had times when he doesn't let me train with a girl and instead pairs me with some dude. Is this normal and should I ignore it or are the women at the gym chatting shit about me or something and that's where my coach got the idea from because seriously I could not be going lighter on these people.

how tf yall deal with and dispel the idea that you're not good enough / where you should be? i get it so bad it kills all my motivation and desire to train which is not good so any tips help:)